May 17, 2008 Chicago White Sox at San Francisco Giants Play by Play and Box Score

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LAD 6
@LAA 3 BAL 6
WSN 5 BOS 5
MIL 3 BOS 7
MIL 6 NYM 7
@NYY 4 SEA 4
SDP 2 TEX 6
HOU 2 DET 3
@ARI 2 OAK 5
@ATL 4 PIT 7
@CHC 6 CIN 4
CLE 2 COL 3
MIN 2 FLA 7
KCR 3 TOR 6
@PHI 3 CHW 3
@SFG 1 STL 9
TBR 8
(10)

Standings at end of play this day

AT&T Park, Attendance: 37,006

Saturday, May 17, 2008, 9:05pm
Time of Game: 2:52

White Sox

22-21

Won 4

1st

Ozzie Guillen

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
White Sox       1  1  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    3 12  0
Giants          0  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  0    1  8  1

W: M Buehrle (2-5), L: B Zito (0-8), S: B Jenks (10)

Giants

17-27

Lost 4

3rd, 10½ GB

Bruce Bochy

BATTING

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Cabrera SS                  3   1   1   1    1   0  .219  .540   19    0   4   SF
P Ozuna 3B                    4   0   1   0    1   0  .200  .422   23    1   4   
  J Crede 3B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .268  .832         0   1   
C Quentin LF                  3   0   1   1    1   0  .301  .989   15    3   0   SF
J Dye RF                      5   1   3   0    0   0  .294  .841   15    1   0   2B
P Konerko 1B                  4   0   1   1    1   1  .211  .700   21   14   0   
N Swisher CF                  3   0   0   0    2   2  .207  .664   23    1   0   
  B Anderson CF               0   0   0   0    0   0  .244  .676         0   0   
A Ramirez 2B                  5   1   1   0    0   2  .160  .452   19    2   5   
T Hall C                      5   0   3   0    0   0  .294  .647   25    5   0   
M Buehrle P                   3   0   1   0    0   1  .333  .666    8    0   1   SH
  O Dotel P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Linebrink P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Jenks P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       35   3  12   3    6   6              168   27  15

BATTING

2B: J Dye (9, off V Chulk).

SF: O Cabrera (2, off B Zito); C Quentin (1, off B Zito).

SH: M Buehrle (1, off B Zito).

TB: J Dye 4; T Hall 3; C Quentin; M Buehrle; A Ramirez; O Cabrera; P Konerko; P Ozuna.

RBI: O Cabrera (8); P Konerko (23); C Quentin (35).

2-out RBI: P Konerko.

Team LOB: 14.

With RISP: 2 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 3. P Ozuna-A Ramirez-P Konerko 2; P Ozuna-P Konerko.

BASERUNNING

PO: J Dye (1st base by K Yabu).

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Winn RF                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .293  .724   18    3   0   
O Vizquel SS                  3   0   1   0    1   0  .360  .888   18    1   4   
R Durham 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .281  .751   15    3   1   GDP
B Molina C                    4   0   2   0    0   0  .273  .716   11    6   0   
A Rowand CF                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .326  .923   13    2   0   2B,GDP
R Aurilia 1B                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .241  .663   13    9   0   
J Castillo 3B                 3   1   2   0    1   0  .262  .772   20    1   5   2B
D Ortmeier LF                 3   0   0   0    0   1  .275  .765    7    2   0   
  F Lewis PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .285  .814    3    0   0   
B Zito P                      1   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .222    2    0   0   
  E Velez PH                  1   0   0   1    0   0  .208  .571    4    0   0   
  K Yabu P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  S Holm PH                   0   0   0   0    1   0  .275  .806    7    0   0   
  V Chulk P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       32   1   8   1    3   5              131   27  10

BATTING

2B: A Rowand (13, off M Buehrle); J Castillo (14, off M Buehrle).

TB: J Castillo 3; A Rowand 2; B Molina 2; R Aurilia; R Winn; O Vizquel.

GIDP: A Rowand (2); R Durham (4).

RBI: E Velez (9).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 1 for 7.

FIELDING

E: K Yabu (2).

PITCHING

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Buehrle, W (2-5)             6.2   7   1   1    3   1   0   5.27   27  102-62   41· 4·17   14· 5· 4· 0     54    -     1.34   0.19
O Dotel, H (5)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   3.06    1    4-3     0· 3· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          3-0    5.20   0.13
S Linebrink, H (11)            1     1   0   0    0   2   0   1.47    4   15-9     3· 2· 4    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.33   0.09
B Jenks, S (10)                1     0   0   0    0   1   0   1.96    3   10-9     5· 2· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.31   0.09
Totals                         9     8   1   1    3   5   0          35  131-83   49·11·23   16· 7· 4· 0          3-0

San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Zito, L (0-8)                5     8   2   2    6   4   0   6.25   28  116-65   37· 8·20    8· 6· 4· 0     41    -     1.16   0.00
K Yabu                         2     3   1   0    0   1   0   2.03    9   27-18   13· 2· 3    2· 2· 4· 0          0-0    0.75  -0.05
V Chulk                        2     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.50    7   24-15   10· 1· 4    3· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.41   0.05
Totals                         9    12   3   2    6   6   0          44  167-98   60·11·27   13·11· 8· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: K Yabu (0; J Dye, 1st base).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth.

Time of Game: 2:52.

Attendance: 37,006.

Weather: 69° F, Wind 14mph out to Rightfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Chicago White Sox             San Francisco Giants                 
1. O Cabrera            SS    1. R Winn               RF 
2. P Ozuna              3B    2. O Vizquel            SS 
3. C Quentin            LF    3. R Durham             2B 
4. J Dye                RF    4. B Molina             C  
5. P Konerko            1B    5. A Rowand             CF 
6. N Swisher            CF    6. R Aurilia            1B 
7. A Ramirez            2B    7. J Castillo           3B 
8. T Hall               C     8. D Ortmeier           LF 
9. M Buehrle            P     9. B Zito               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 7   2  3-1  123  4   13%  86% R Winn          O Dotel         Strikeout Swinging
   b 6   0  3-1  1--  2   12%  80% R Durham        M Buehrle       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak SS)
   t 6   2  1-2  -2-  4   12%  76% P Konerko       K Yabu          Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Dye Scores/unER
   b 7   1  3-1  1-3  4   11%  78% D Ortmeier      M Buehrle       Strikeout Swinging
   b 7   0  3-1  ---  3  -10%  68% A Rowand        M Buehrle       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Barry Zito facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   53%  O Cabrera       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
          1--  9   62%  P Ozuna         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Cabrera to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   61%  C Quentin       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Cabrera Scores; Ozuna to 2B
   O      -2-  3   57%  J Dye           Single to SS/runner struck by batted ball and is out (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Ozuna out at 3B/SS
          1--  6   59%  P Konerko       Walk; Dye to 2B
   O      12-  6   55%  N Swisher       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Giants Batting, Behind 0-1, Mark Buehrle facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   52%  R Winn          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   OO     1--  6   59%  O Vizquel       Line Drive Double Play: 3B; Winn out at 1B/3B-1B
   O      ---  8   60%  R Durham        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Giants 0.

Top of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Ahead 1-0, Barry Zito facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   64%  A Ramirez       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--  4   69%  T Hall          Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Ramirez to 2B
   O      12-  1   68%  M Buehrle       Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B (Front of Home); Ramirez to 3B; Hall to 2B
   RO     -23  3   69%  O Cabrera       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Ramirez Scores; Hall to 3B
          --3  4   70%  P Ozuna         Walk
          1-3  5   72%  C Quentin       Walk; Ozuna to 2B
   O      123  5   66%  J Dye           Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-2, Mark Buehrle facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   69%  B Molina        Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   70%  A Rowand        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  2   69%  R Aurilia       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  6   67%  J Castillo      Walk; Aurilia to 2B
   O      12-  2   71%  D Ortmeier      Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 0.

Top of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-0, Barry Zito facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   70%  P Konerko       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  6   72%  N Swisher       Walk
   O      1--  5   69%  A Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  7   71%  T Hall          Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Swisher to 3B
   O      1-3  3   68%  M Buehrle       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-2, Mark Buehrle facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   70%  B Zito          Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  7   72%  R Winn          Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  3   71%  O Vizquel       Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
   O      1--  1   73%  R Durham        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 0.

Top of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-0, Barry Zito facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   76%  O Cabrera       Walk
   O      1--  4   73%  P Ozuna         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
          1--  3   76%  C Quentin       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Ozuna to 2B
   O      12-  3   73%  J Dye           Flyball: CF
   O      12-  2   69%  P Konerko       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-2, Mark Buehrle facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   64%  B Molina        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   OO     1--  4   74%  A Rowand        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  6   75%  R Aurilia       Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 0.

Top of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-0, Barry Zito facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   78%  N Swisher       Walk
   O      1--  5   75%  A Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   78%  T Hall          Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Swisher to 2B
   O      12-  3   75%  M Buehrle       Strikeout (missed bunt)
   O      12-  5   71%  O Cabrera       Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-2, Mark Buehrle facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   63%  J Castillo      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  1   66%  D Ortmeier      Groundout: 2B-1B; Castillo to 3B
                  Eugenio Velez pinch hits for Barry Zito batting 9th
   RO     --3  4   65%  E Velez         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B); Castillo Scores
   O      ---  2   66%  R Winn          Lineout: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Giants 1.

Top of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Keiichi Yabu facing 2-3-4
                  Keiichi Yabu replaces Eugenio Velez pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1   64%  P Ozuna         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   62%  C Quentin       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  1   63%  J Dye           Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B)
          1--      64%  P Konerko       Dye Picked off 1B, safe on E1 (throw); Dye to 2B
   R      -2-  4   76%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Dye Scores/unER
   O      1--  5   74%  N Swisher       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Mark Buehrle facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   68%  O Vizquel       Walk
   OO     1--  2   80%  R Durham        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   82%  B Molina        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

Top of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Keiichi Yabu facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   80%  A Ramirez       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  6   79%  T Hall          Lineout: 3B
          ---  1   80%  M Buehrle       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      1--  2   78%  O Cabrera       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Mark Buehrle facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   68%  A Rowand        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  2   75%  R Aurilia       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
          -2-  7   67%  J Castillo      Single to P (Ground Ball to P's Right); Rowand to 3B
   O      1-3  4   78%  D Ortmeier      Strikeout Swinging
                  Steve Holm pinch hits for Keiichi Yabu batting 9th
          1-3  7   73%  S Holm          Walk; Castillo to 2B
                  Octavio Dotel replaces Mark Buehrle pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  4   86%  R Winn          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

Top of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Vinnie Chulk facing 2-3-4
                  Vinnie Chulk replaces Steve Holm pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   85%  P Ozuna         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   84%  C Quentin       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  3   86%  J Dye           Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   84%  P Konerko       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Scott Linebrink facing 2-3-4
                  Scott Linebrink replaces Octavio Dotel pitching and batting 9th; Joe Crede replaces Pablo Ozuna playing 3B batting 2nd
   O      ---  4   88%  O Vizquel       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   91%  R Durham        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   88%  B Molina        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      1--  5   93%  A Rowand        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

Top of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Vinnie Chulk facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   92%  N Swisher       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   91%  A Ramirez       Popfly: 1B (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   91%  T Hall          Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Bobby Jenks facing 6-7-8
                  Bobby Jenks replaces Scott Linebrink pitching and batting 9th; Brian N. Anderson replaces Nick Swisher playing CF batting 6th
   O      ---  3   96%  R Aurilia       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   98%  J Castillo      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Fred Lewis pinch hits for Daniel Ortmeier batting 8th
   O      ---  3  100%  F Lewis         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Giants 1.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation